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Carl Nice progress and you sure will be having a lot of practice with the squiggle pre-shading. Now I know why at times there is a paint shortage.

Thanks John Making progress and can't believe it but not a single thing to complain about - now how about that!

Tanks Carl After a few days break and 'regrouping the troops', I'm now looking forward to bench time and building again. Hard to understand how and why GWH is so expensive and when compared to the Tamiya Tomcat and I would never buy it for that reason alone. I built the P-40 a while back, nice kit but after finishing it, thought the same: overpriced, not the best of instructions and some fit issues, when compared to Tamiya's Spitfire, Mustangs and Corsair kits. I'm sure there is AM out there for the conversion, but it just may bump up the price of the Tamiya kit close to the GWH offering but I would still always favor Tamiya. a

PW Very much appreciated. Just nothing like a Tamiya kit for pure enjoyment.

Thanks Mike Nice to sit at the bench again and enjoy myself, what a difference as compared to banging, my head against the preverbal wall and making little to no progress as before.

Martin Amazing and ingenious for sure.

F-14A TOMCAT VF-114 1976 USS KITTYHAWK Tamiya 1/48 Long story short, the Songbird is on the SOD and I decided to go back to my original choice for the GB; the awesome Tamiya 1/48 F-14A Tomcat. I’ve built the kit once before, loved it and for inspiration, all I needed to do is take a fifteen minute car drive to The Grumman Memorial Park in Calverton and just sit and look on the F-14A Tomcat on display. With our cable out from Saturday evening until Sunday evening, I devoted almost all of my day to catching up on the build. Decals are the brilliant Furball Sheet #48-20 for VF-114 Aardvarks Quinta 3D cockpit set used to its fullest. Paints: MRP and Tamiya Lacquers Two AM ejection seats which I think are Wolfpack but really don’t remember. Reference, mostly for correct colors, is the first edition of Randy Coremans, Daco publications: Uncovering the Grumman F-14 A/B/D Tomcat. First up was the front office, no issues at all. Interior: FS36231. Loads of details and I was knee deep in detail painting and applying the Quinta set. Incredible as it sounds, the sheet had a mistake: decal 28 is shown in two places. I just substituted another decal that looked correct for the lower RIO panel and good to go. A lot of time was devoted to the Grumman Ejection seats, painting all the small details and then a round of dry brushing. Surely looks good in the office. The front nose wheel gear bay was typical of the detail Tamiya includes with their 48th scale kits. A joy to build and all the details were highlighted with Tamiya Dark Brown Panel Line Wash – helped popped the details and added a nice bit of weathering. Just love the details Light weathering in the gear bay. The correct color white:FS 17875

Carl Did you email Clint, I'm willing to bet he will be able to help. Combining the two methods surely will look perfect and be the effect you're after.

The Big Cat is back on the bench and underway. Update in a few days.

Guys I've read all of the comments and posts, sat back, thought about it and decided for the time being not to bin the Songbird but for the foreseeable future, she will reside on the SOD. Being 76, time isn't on my side and spending it banging my head against the wall and not enjoy what I'm doing just makes no sense at all. My wife and I seem to spend more of our time each week on doctor appointments and procedures and when home, I need to enjoy my time at the bench to relax and de-stress. I decided to pick up my original planned build for the GB: Tamiya's 1/48 F-14A, mostly OOB with some upgrades and enjoy myself. I've spent the last day making some nice headway and zero aggravation. Update hopefully in a few days. Our cable service for the court was out for from Saturday evening until Sunday night, so nothing like putting that time to good use. Just want to say Thank You to all my friends for understanding and helping me get back in the saddle.

Carl Nice progress and the pet photos just add to the pleasure of following your build.

Carl Nice work on cleaning of the canopy fit for sure. Looking mighty good.

Martin Looking mighty good.

Carl Awesome choice for another terrific build. Absolutely loved the movie and have seen it so many times .. for me,.. it's a Clint Classic.

Mark Looking mighty good for sure.

Rob Absolutely brilliant work and some wonderful steady progress. Decals work looks amazing. Enjoying every update.

Gus Nice progress and just a shame there is some shipping damage that had to be cleaned up and repaired. Awesome progress for sure.

Thanks Martin. very much appreciated. I'm surely in the deep breath arena for a bit.

Thanks jeff for the kind words. Maybe I'll just let it reside on the SOD and who knows. Just a terrible kit, zero fun and absolutely not a ounce of enjoyment.

Thanks Carl I hope so but right now, just no desire to do any building at all.

SOD .. BINNED I gave it my best, kept coming back for more and more and at my tender age of 76, just don't want to waste any more time banging my head against the wall, spending hours on a kit, I've grown to more then dislike. For me, it has been a horrible experience, one of, if not the worst kit I've tried to build, a mojo killer that has almost killed my desire to sit and work at the bench. Right now, I have no desire to build anything or take part in the GB. I feel some relief in not having to look at the kit another day. It's now on the SOD and on Thursday it will be on its way to our landfill in Yaphank, as being plastic and recyclable; at least some good comes out of this.

Martin Every little bit counts in moving towards the finish line. Looking good.

Mike No issues here on viewing the photographs. If you can see all the other photographs posted on the forum and not just these, I don't think it's your Mac but a forum setting itself. I have a crazy issue myself with my signature and while Ernie has tried to fix it, last time I looked, I still have it. Always something crazy with pc's and alike.

John Nice work on the FAA Corsair's cammo - looks spot on the money. Completely agree with Paul, will take a bit getting use to but will be a unique addition to your growing collection. A zero would be a nice change for sure.

Thank you for taking the time to post all the photographs from the show - the build quality is awesome and as with every show, the bar keeps rising. Absolutely a wonderful way to share the show and hobby with your son.